Sample Quizzes

Instructor: N.V. Alexander (aka drn)
Office: 2009, Bldg. 2000 Phone: 510-723-6890
Email: nalexander@igc.org Web site: http://www.nvaphysics.com

TThe textbook  is  PreAlgebra, An Integrated Approach, A Custom Edtion for  Chabot College. Check out sign up for Math XL at the customer service desk in the  Chabot  Bookstore. Math XL will be assigned as extra credit, equivalent to about 1.5 quizzes, which are  discussed below.   Click here for Tentative Course Outline and click the topic title link to get the problems  you should know for the quizzes.
Lectures will generally follow the text. Try to  scope the assigned material before you come to class. Please ask questions in class or during my office hours. I will be honest from the get. This course may get hectic. I strongly recommend you form study groups; explore the wealth of resources I have tried to provide you.  Read on ! 
OFFICE HOURS
FINAL EXAM WEEK SCHEDULE
FINAL EXAM: MON, 5/21, 7:30-9:20 AM
IMPORTANT DEADLINES: - Add or Drop with NGR in-person = 2/3/12; Add or Drop with NGR online = 2/5/12;  Apply for Pass/No Pass = 2/16/12; Drop with W = 4/6/12; Spring 2012 Grades due online = 5/30/12
Lectures will generally follow the text. Try to  scope the assigned material before you come to class. Please ask questions in class or during my office hours. I must  be honest.  The course can get hectic. I strongly recommend you form  study groups; explore the wealth of resources I have tried to provide.  Read on.   See my OFFICE HOURS. Click here for graph paper useful for plotting work throughout the semester.

Homework will be assigned but not collected. Talk to  your classmate (and me) !   For every even problem I do in class, you do the two adjacent odd numbered problems at home. I will try to relate each even and odd  problem I do to the examples worked out in the body of the section of the book. The problems are crucial to learning the material so you can elevate to the level !   

I will give weekly quizzes that will be collected and graded. These quizzes will be given in class . You can  get a preview of them by clicking the links to the left under "Sample Quizzes." This will get you open for the real event. Study and take the samples as if they were the real thing, and you will be rewarded with a better score than not. The real  quizzes could account for 33% of your total grade. The quiz problems will be based on the odd problems that you do at home. Bring a Scantron, and NOT the half-sized ones. Thanks.

There will be 4 or 5 midterm exams that will be based on the material covered in the quizzes, and therefore on the odd problems that you do for homework.  Do your homework every night! These tests will  be also be partly on Scantron.  You shouldn't collaborate   with your friends during the exams. Please  work independently; be original.  Shine on your own work. No make up exams or quizzes are allowed.  Any disputes on grading must be resolved one or two days from the day that I return the test or quiz.

I am not responsible for errors due to erasures on the tests. Try to circle the answers on the problem sheet before you pencil (USE #2) in your choices on the Scantron.  For problems that are not Scantron, I will supply the white paper for your work. Do not use your own scratch paper for the quizzes/exams. When finished, hand in the Scantron and the written work in two different stacks.

You must remain silent when I am lecturing to the class otherwise you will disturb others and could be politely asked to leave the room. Thanks in advance for your cooperation.

Attendance is critical to the mission of  learning. If you miss class on a regular basis you could fall hopelessly behind. Use my website at http://www.nvaphysics to keep up to date on the homework problems you have missed. You could be dropped if you miss class 6 times. Vacations and job related absences would not be excused. You must work your personal and occupational schedule around the class meeting times.

All students should obtain an email address from the college if they do not already have one.  

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Grades in the course will be based on a total score consisting approximately of the following contributions.

Quizzes: about 33 %

Midterm Tests, including cumulative final exam : about 67%

Letter Grades

90-100%=A

80-89%=B

70-79%=C

60-69%=D

TENTATIVE COURSE OUTLINE

Chapter

Topics (Click the topic  links below for   assigned/discussed problems cross-indexed with examples

Integers

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4

Positive  and Negative Fractions.

5

Positive  and Negative Decimals

6

RATIO, PROPORTION, AND LINE/ANGLE/TRIANGLE RELATIONSHIPS. 

7

Measurement.

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